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CHAPTER 7
Citizenship
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It is 1777. Your brother is an American soldier. In his
last letter to you, he wrote that the army has no shoes or
bullets and little food. But he plans to keep fighting.
Now, a British army is coming toward your farm. You
hear that they are stealing crops to feed themselves and
their horses.
What would you sacrifice to win freedom?
• What sacrifices do civilians like
Mrs. Schuyler make during wartime?
• What sacrifices do
the soldiers make?
• Is it worth such sacrifices to win independence
for your country? Why or why not?
1776 British capture New York, but
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Americans win a battle in New Jersey.
1777 Battles of Saratoga convince Europeans
that America might win the war.
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1778 France enters the war on the American side.
1779 American frontier soldiers take a British
fort in what is now Indiana.
1780 Moving south, the British capture
Charles Town (Charleston).
1781 In the war’s last big battle, the Americans
and French defeat the British at Yorktown.
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1783 Treaty of Paris ends the war.
1776 Scotsman Adam Smith publishes a book saying
that government shouldn’t control the economy.
1778 Voltaire, who wrote about the rights of
people, dies in Paris.
1781 Emperor Joseph II of Austria ends
serfdom, which forced peasants to farm
someone else’s land for life.
1783 Simón Bolívar, who will become a
revolutionary leader in South America, is
born in what is now Venezuela.
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Main Idea
The American desire to gain
rights and liberties led them to fight for
independence from Britain.
Why It Matters Now
Today those same rights and liberties
are protected by the U.S. Constitution.
What were the difficulties Americans
faced in the early years of the war?
Short enlistments
robbed the army
of men.
Society was
divided about
the war.
AMERICAN
DIFFICULTIES
Army lacked supplies
and military
experience.
Brutal conditions
caused deaths.
• How were Americans divided over the
issue of separating from Great Britain?
• Why was it difficult for George Washington
to form and keep a large army?
• How did the Battles of Saratoga mark
a turning point in the war?
Contrasting
How did the British and American strategies
differ during the early years of the war?
Think About
• what the British expected from the Americans
• Washington’s main goals for the American army
• why Burgoyne invaded from Canada
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Main Idea
Some Europeans decided to help
America. As the war continued, it
spread to the sea and frontier.
Why It Matters Now
This was the beginning of the
United States’ formal relationships
with other nations.
What were the effects of France and
Spain entering the war on the American side?
CAUSE: France and Spain enter the war.
Effect: France
sends troops,
funds, and supplies.
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Effect: Spain fights
the British in the
Mississippi Valley,
on the
Gulf coast, and
in Florida.
Effect: British
send troops to
the West Indies
to defend against
France.
• What role did Benjamin Franklin play in
helping America win the Revolution?
• How did European officers such as Lafayette
aid America in the Revolutionary War?
• What was John Paul Jones’s major
contribution during the war, and why
was it important?
Analyzing Points of View
Why do you think George Rogers Clark
thought the frontier was important to defend?
Think About
• why General Hamilton was called “Hair Buyer”
• why America might have wanted the frontier
region after the war
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Main Idea
Seeking Loyalist support, the British
invaded the South—but ultimately lost
the war there.
Why It Matters Now
For more than two centuries, the
American Revolution has inspired
other people to fight tyranny.
What were the geographic factors that made
the British move their war effort to the South?
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PHYSICAL FACTORS,
SUCH AS LOCATION
HUMAN FACTORS,
SUCH AS WHO LIVED THERE
• Nearness to the West Indies
• Valuable sea ports
• Loyalist Southerners
• Enslaved African Americans
• Why did the fighting between Patriots
and Loyalists in the South turn vicious?
• What type of warfare did Francis Marion
and his men employ?
• How did Gates’s errors in leadership
contribute to the American loss at Camden?
Analyzing Causes
How did each of the following help bring
about the British defeat at Yorktown?
Think About
• the location chosen by Cornwallis
• the French fleet
• the French troops under Rochambeau
• Washington’s planning
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Main Idea
After the war, the new nation faced
issues such as a high national debt and
calls for equality.
Why It Matters Now
To promote liberty, some states passed
laws outlawing slavery and protecting
religious freedom.
Which terms of the Treaty of Paris favored America?
Which favored Britain?
TERMS OF THE TREATY OF PARIS
Favorable to America
Favorable to Britain
• U.S. independence
• extensive boundaries
• fishing rights off Canada
• return of captured slaves
• return of Loyalist property
• What advantages helped the
Americans win the Revolutionary War?
• How did the end of the war affect the Loyalists?
• What were the economic costs of the war to
individuals and to the government?
Recognizing Effects
How did republicanism shape
the United States after the war?
Think About
• American ideas about government
• the roles men and women could play in public life
• religious freedom
• the antislavery movement
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REVIEW QUESTIONS
ANSWERS: READ AND TAKE NOTES
1 What motives led African Americans to fight
for the British? The Americans?
2 How did women help the American war effort?
3 What events led to the British defeat at Saratoga?
4 What foreign countries helped America? How?
5 What were conditions like at Valley Forge?
6 What two Southern ports did the British capture?
7 How did America’s ally France contribute to the
victory at Yorktown?
8 For what did Washington praise his army in his
farewell letter?
9 What land did the United States acquire from
Britain as a result of the Treaty of Paris?
10 What three states outlawed slavery after the war?
Sequencing Events
1776 British forced
Washington from New
York. Washington
surprised Hessians at
Trenton.
1778 France became
America’s ally. Clark
captured Kaskaskia.
British captured
Savannah.
1777 Washington won
at Princeton. Burgoyne
lost at Saratoga.
Americans suffered at
Valley Forge.
1780 British captured
Charles Town. British
defeated Gates at
Camden. Americans
won at Kings Mountain.
1779 Clark
captured
Vincennes. Jones
defeated the
Serapis.
1783 Americans
and British signed
the Treaty of Paris,
ending the war.
1781 Americans
and French forced
Cornwallis to
surrender at
Yorktown.
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